@inproceedings{6a88b232b1d2466c881ba1946671577a,
title = "Auto-detection of non-isolated pulmonary nodules connected to the chest walls in X-ray CT images",
abstract = "In this paper, we develop an auto-detection method of non-isolated pulmonary nodules for computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of lung cancers using X-ray CT images. An essential core of the method is to transform the non-isolated nodules connected to the walls of the chest into isolated ones that can be detected more easily by CAD systems developed previously. To this end, an active contour model is proposed to extract the lung area from the original CT image. The proposed model can solve the local optimum problem of the contour model by using anatomical features of the lung in X-ray CT slices. Some experimental results demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed method by using clinical CT images.",
keywords = "Active contour, Computer-aided diagnosis, Lung cancer, Lung nodule, X-ray CT",
author = "Satoshi Shimoyama and Noriyasu Homma and Masao Sakai and Tadashi Ishibashi and Makoto Yoshizawa",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "9784907764333",
series = "ICCAS-SICE 2009 - ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, Proceedings",
pages = "3672--3675",
booktitle = "ICCAS-SICE 2009 - ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, Proceedings",
note = "ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009, ICCAS-SICE 2009 ; Conference date: 18-08-2009 Through 21-08-2009",
}
